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Depressed, Borderline, or Bipolar? Accurate Diagnosis & Best Treatments by Jay Carter

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Why is Your Patient Still Unstable & Depressed?

Patients with symptoms of both mood and personality disorders, or with histories of substance abuse, present unique diagnostic and treatment challenges. A recent study by the National Institutes of Mental Health found that nearly 40% of patients with symptoms of major depressive disorder actually had bipolar disorder. These patients are often mistakenly treated for years with antidepressants and non-specific or ineffective forms of psychotherapy or counseling. Antidepressants have been shown to be no more effective than mood stabilizing medications alone for preventing depression in bipolar patients, and can actually destabilize the course of their illness. This recording provides clinicians with a 4-part, clinical diagnostic method to distinguish patients with personality disorders and unipolar depression from those with bipolar disorders.

Drawing on empirically tested research and psychodynamic studies, Dr. Carter will discuss the many ways psychotherapists can help patients and families struggling with bipolar disorder. Learn why antidepressants and atypical antipsychotics should not form the foundation of treatment for bipolar illness. This recording discusses potent, non-drug treatments for depression, mania, and rapid-cycling that can be put to immediate use.

DEPRESSION: UNIPOLAR OR BIPOLAR? (& WHY IT MATTERS)

Case study: Suicide and Bipolar Disorder
7 cardinal symptoms of hypomania
Common and often overlooked: mixed depressive and manic states
Beyond symptoms: markers of bipolar illness
Family history
Course of illness
Response to antidepressants
Executive functions

BIPOLAR DISORDER, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, & BORDERLINE PERSONALITY

Is my patient an alcoholic?
Detecting covert drug abuse
Increase your patient’s motivation to address addiction
DSM-5^® updates
Bipolar or borderline?

PSYCHOTHERAPY

Psychodynamics of euphoric and irritable hypomania
Overcome lack of motivation and rumination
3 evidence-based psychotherapies for bipolar disorder
Dialectical behavior therapy for bipolar illness
Helping patients accept the diagnosis of bipolar illness and the need for meds

YOUR WORST FEAR: IDENTIFYING & MANAGING ACUTE SUICIDE RISK

Predictors of suicide completion
Risk management
The only medication proven to dramatically reduce suicide (not an antidepressant!)

POTENT NON-DRUG TREATMENTS FOR MOOD DISORDERS

Light
Darkness
Manipulation of sleep
Blue blockers
Fish fat and other natural compounds

MEDICATIONS

Lamictal is a safe and effective treatment for acute bipolar depression
Lithium and the other mood stabilizers don’t work in depression
Depakote: its role in bipolar disorder and comorbid panic and anxiety
Tegretol: why it’s an underutilized drug, especially for young women
Lithium: why it’s still the best for many patients
Depakote: its role in bipolar illness and comorbid panic and anxiety
Tegretol: why it’s a great, but underutilized drug for young women
Natural treatments

NOT JUST FOR DOCTORS

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